Firefighters reacted quickly to put out the fire just 10 minutes after receiving an alert from a concerned member of the public, but the inside of the caravan has been left destroyed by the flames which flickered close to neighbouring properties.

AFTERMATH: The inside of the caravan has been destroyed

Darren Littlefair, 50, watched the incident unfold from the Banks Harbour pub in Beverley Road, opposite where the fire started.

He said: "I saw grey smoke floating up at first and I thought the actual building site was on fire at first.